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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — While the NFL continues discussions with the players’
union regarding a national anthem policy, players who demonstrate are
emphasizing they are protesting social injustice, racial inequality and
systematic oppression.

They are not against the country, military, flag or “The Star-Spangled
Banner” itself.

President Donald Trump wants players to “find another way to protest” and
contended “most of them are unable to define” what they’re demonstrating
against.

Players, however, have made clear their position numerous times.

“I think part of the problem is that when you continue the rhetoric that this
is controversial or this is somehow a negative thing, people treat it as
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after resuming his demonstration before Thursday night’s game. “But we’ve seen
in other leagues when they’ve decided to amplify the voices of their players to
also emphasize the importance of the issues that we’re raising, and change the
narrative away from the anthem, that not only is it more acceptable, the fan
base gets educated on what we’re talking about, and we can actually make some
movement.”

Jenkins stopped his demonstration last season after the NFL committed $90
million over the next seven years to social justice causes in a three-segment
plan that involves league players.

Jenkins and a few teammates wore a T-shirt before the game that read on the
front: “More than 60 percent of prison populations are people of color.” On the
back, it said: “Nearly 5,000 kids are in adult prisons and jails.
#SchoolsNotPrisons.”

The league and the NFLPA have yet to announce a policy for this season
regarding demonstrations during the anthem after the league initially ordered
everyone to stand on the sideline when the anthem is played, or remain in the
locker room.

“I understand that it’s a business and you want to protect your bottom line
and all of that, but at the end of the day, I think the smartest thing right now
is to not have a rule and provide a better option,” Jenkins said.

Teammate Chris Long showed his support for Jenkins, as he did last season, by
putting his arm around him.

“Malcolm is taking action and he can always sleep good at night knowing that
he’s not being a fraud,” Long said. “He’s (demonstrating) and he’s working in
the community, like a lot of these guys are doing.”

On Friday night, Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat during the
national anthem before the exhibition opener against the Detroit Lions. Lynch
also sat for the anthem all of last season, but never gave a reason for his
decision.

In Miami, Dolphins receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson kneeled behind
teammates lined up standing along the sideline. Defensive end Robert Quinn stood
and raised his right fist.

“If you continue to misinterpret what we’re doing, reach out to me, take a
look at my website Authentic
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platforms,” Stills said. “I think you’ll get a better idea of why we’re doing
what we’re doing and maybe you can come to the other side and start supporting
us.”

Stills said “it would take a lot” for him to stop protesting.

“A good first step for us as a league would be acknowledging what they’re
doing to Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid,” Stills said. “You can’t say as a
league you support the players and their protests and then blackball the players
who initially started the protests. To come to the drawing board and talk about
solutions, we need to start there as a league, and then we can start drawing up
other solutions to some of these other problems.”

Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, began the movement in
2016 and was joined by teammate Eric Reid. Both are unemployed — Kaepernick
didn’t play last season, either — and have pending collusion grievances against
the NFL.

Kaepernick tweeted support for Stills and Wilson.

Wilson said he feels more free to express himself with the Dolphins than he
did with the Kansas City Chiefs, but didn’t elaborate.

“You get a lot of backlash for doing this,” Wilson said. “Nobody wants to
bring the negative attention to themselves, but when you have a platform like
this and you’re able to speak on certain situations, you want to do that. We’re
not harming anybody.”

Writing on Twitter from his New Jersey golf resort, Trump said Friday players
“make a fortune doing what they love,” and those who refuse to stand “proudly”
for the anthem should be suspended without pay.

Quinn had a powerful message for critics.

“It’s not a protest. It’s an awareness,” he said. “I think ‘protest’
segregates this country. The awareness we’re trying to raise — this country
preaches freedom and unity. That’s all I’m trying to do. If you believe in
something, no matter the consequences you stand by it. I want heaven here on
Earth. I believe we preach too much negativity throughout this whole world. I
think the message that needs to be spread is peace, love and happiness.

“Hearing the slander that we’re protesting the flag, that’s not it. It’s not
a protest. It’s no disrespect to any servicemen or women out there. They salute
with their hand over their heart, I hold my fist up. How can you look at that
any diffe